Kailash Kher(born 7 July 1973) is an Indian pop-rock singer with a music style influenced by Indian folk music. He has sung in 18 languages for regional films, and over now 300 songs for the Bollywood.[1] He was inspired by the Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and the classical musicianPandit Kumar Gandharva. They remain his inspirations.
Early lifeKailash Kher was born in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh on 7 July 1973 to a family with Kashmiri roots.[3] His father Pt.Mehar Singh Kher and his mother Chandrakanta Mehar Singh Kher were from Meerut. Kher’s father Mr. Mehar Singh, a Hindu priest, was an amateur musician whose performances of traditional folk songs were a regular household event.[3] Kailash used to learn music from him in his childhood. [4] Kailash Kher was brought up in a musical atmosphere and from his school days he was fascinated by music and used to listen to his father's Indian folks songs all the day.[5] Even as a four year old, Kher revealed a natural musical talent and he would often impress friends and family by belting out songs with his prematurely powerful voice.[6] In 2001,Kher left New Delhi for Mumbai, the epicenter of India’s highly competitive music industry, to seek his fortunes as a professional singer. For a while, Kher struggled, living in cheap residence, hostels and eking out whatever musical work he could find to make ends meet. [14][15] He moved to Mumbai in the year 2001, where he began his foray into the music industry.[16] This as his early attempt in getting into the music industry, by singing jingles for TV and radio commercials. He received critical acclaim for his unique style of singing. Some of the brands that he sang commercials for are Coca Cola, Citibank, Pepsi, IPL and Honda Motor Cycles.[18] |